Multiparameter use of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance as a predictor of pulmonary artery hypertension
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Background Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) provides superior assessment of right ventricle (RV) function and assessment of multiple physiologic parameters with high interand intraobserver reproducibility thus providing a noninvasive assessment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) by evaluating RV physiologic parameters. CMR also provides a unique noninvasive assessment of myocardial fibrosis and quantitative evaluation of RV mass. Our goal was to evaluate the value of CMR to assess RV dysfunction in the setting of PAH using established physiologic parameter in combination with techniques unique to CMR, such as RV mass quantification and T1-mapping.
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